Broken throttle return spring
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Broken throttle return spring
Stopped by my local Ford dealer to check on
i/c parts (still on b/o). On way home I notice that throttle pedal seems to be vibrating, then vibration stops and pressure becomes very light. Stop and pop the hood, and as I suspected, one of the ears on the throttle return spring is broken off, and it is dangling by the other. Thank god for redundancy, there are two springs, so the truck is still driveable. So I make a U and head back to the parts dept. They cannot find spring in catalog, show me a picture of a regular f150 throttle linkage and ask me if I can see the part. Duh! Explain to them that the linkage is attached to the throttle body which sits on top of the supercharger, which the majority of regular f150's lack. After much head scratching and 10 more minutes of search, evidently they find the p/n, but they don't have one in stock, will have to special order. Whatever. Go home, bend the broken end into makeshift ear, reinstall spring, figure it will probably last as long as it needs to. Anyone else have this part break on them?
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i/c parts (still on b/o). On way home I notice that throttle pedal seems to be vibrating, then vibration stops and pressure becomes very light. Stop and pop the hood, and as I suspected, one of the ears on the throttle return spring is broken off, and it is dangling by the other. Thank god for redundancy, there are two springs, so the truck is still driveable. So I make a U and head back to the parts dept. They cannot find spring in catalog, show me a picture of a regular f150 throttle linkage and ask me if I can see the part. Duh! Explain to them that the linkage is attached to the throttle body which sits on top of the supercharger, which the majority of regular f150's lack. After much head scratching and 10 more minutes of search, evidently they find the p/n, but they don't have one in stock, will have to special order. Whatever. Go home, bend the broken end into makeshift ear, reinstall spring, figure it will probably last as long as it needs to. Anyone else have this part break on them?
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, built 2/9/00, #133 of 4966, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, 4.10 gears, Swanson chip, Pro-M, NGK plugs, carbon drive shaft, Roadmaster suspension kit
13.39 @ 102.5
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, radar, autopilot and GPS chartplotter/fishfinder.
gmvye@pacbell.net
[This message has been edited by alphadoggy (edited 01-23-2001).]
[This message has been edited by alphadoggy (edited 01-24-2001).]
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heres a good one. Last time my truck was at the dealer for the clunk and to replace the belts,I got in my truck after and it seemed screwed up and still does.It feels like the pedal got stiffer especially on the second half of the throttle. Anyone have this problem.
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Have serious talk with your dealer. 2 of us have had intercoolers replaced in Texas with parts that were in stock in the past 2 weeks.
Doug
Have serious talk with your dealer. 2 of us have had intercoolers replaced in Texas with parts that were in stock in the past 2 weeks.
Doug
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Doug, that's exactly what I DON'T want to do at this point. I'm pretty sure that my dealer has one of the old style i/c's in stock right now, but I fail to see the point of replacing one part with another one that is ultimately doomed to failure. Supposedly Tom Scarpello said in a chat room that the revised intercoolers were supposed to be available in March or April. I'm trying to hold off until they are, so I only have to go through the replacement hassle once, capiche?